Raise the Bar reception

May 09, 2016 | 1:43 PM

More than 300 business leaders, legal professionals and elected officials attended The Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County’s Raise the Bar reception. The sixth annual event took place at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and raised more than $60,000 to benefit the organization.

The Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization’s eighth annual "Uncorked… An Evening of DownRight ExtraOrdinary Food and Wine” took place Tuesday, Aug. 27 at The Wine Cellar in Renaissance Commons in Boynton Beach.

Backpack and bicycle helmet giveaways, a mobile video game trailer, old-fashioned games like tug of war, sidewalk chalk art were part of the city of Pompano Beach's Back to School Fun Day in Apollo Park filled with activities for students returning to school.

Talento restaurant is one of three new Italian restaurants on Las Olas Boulevard, Talento Restaurant (which opened in June), Tuscan Prime (which opened in May) and Piazza Italia (which opened earlier this year). Each offers similar menus of pastas, steaks, veal, seafood with slight variations.

Vendors, buyers, and industry experts gather at the USA CBD Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center. It is the largest expo of its type in the country with thousands of vendors displaying their newest products.

The LGBTQ summer event Miami Beach Bruthaz moved to Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors this year. The four days of partying July 18-21 included a men's swimwear fashion show at the Grand Resort and Spa on Fort Lauderdale beach.